Willshire, Raymond Venables
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Raymond Venables |
Surname | Willshire |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 10-08-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry James Willshire and Bertha Violet Lillian Willshire, of Midhurst, Sussex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | BB211 |
Markings | DY-A |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 15. E. 1. |
Epitaph | LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 266 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 574939 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/808/33 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1942 |
End Date | 10-08-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (4% moon) |
Operation | Osnabruck. 192 aircraft. Visibility was good but marker flares had been dropped over a wide area, making the resultant bombing equally widespread. The docks area was badly damaged, however |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak at 12000' and crashed 8km south of Lingen-Ems |